"Willie Mae's Scotch House with Matt Selman" is Episode 455 of Doughboys, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Willie Mae's Scotch House with Matt Selman" was released on July 18, 2024.
"Tomorrow… with Matt Selman" - @doughboyspod
Synopsis[]
Matt Selman (@mattselman, The Simpsons) joins the 'boys to talk Jay Leno, Goop Kitchen, and Universal's Simpsons Land before a review of Willie Mae's. Plus, another edition of Serving USA.
Nick's intro[]
With 487 feature-film credits, Pontchartrain Billy was among the most prolific of all screen performers.
But Billy was not an actor, or even a human being; Pontchartrain Billy was a gator.
Pontchartrain Billy
Captured in the swamps of New Orleans in 1906, Billy found a home in Hollywood, where he lived well into his 80s. Bayou Billy’s relative docility, combined with his reptilian instinct to open his jaw for dangling food, made him a natural on camera, as well as a photo attraction for gawking visitors to the tourist-trap alligator farm where he resided. While few knew his name, he became one of New Orleans’ most widely seen stars of the silver screen — and one of its most famous eaters, in a city known for food.
And around the time Pontchartrain Billy was co-starring with Abbott & Costello and Tarzan, an enterprising New Orleans woman with the surname Seaton opened an eponymous beauty salon in the Big Easy’s Treme neighborhood. While Seaton’s hairdos paid the bills, her true dream was to open a bar, and so the salon was converted into a saloon that served hot food — including her signature-recipe fried chicken. The breaded bird became its breakout dish, the salon side of the business closed up shop in the 1970s, and over the next half-century, Ms. Seaton’s diner became one of the city’s most beloved grub joints.
The eatery survived the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and its founder’s death in 2015, and today, this family-owned fowl broker is operated by Seaton’s great-granddaughter, Kerry Seaton Stewart. In 2022, the restaurant opened its first outlet outside of the Crescent City, in the beachside town of Venice, California, in partnership with upscale LA chain mogul Jerry A. Greenberg of Sugarfish fame. And with awards from the James Beard Society, accolades from publications calling it America’s Best Fried Chicken, and an endorsement from former President Barack Obama, one can only imagine the famous jaws of Pontchartrain Billy would be pleased to chomp down on Ms. Seaton’s secret recipe.
This week on Doughboys… Willie Mae’s Scotch House.
Fork rating[]
| guest / host | ordered | rating |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Wiger |
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5 forks |
| Mike Mitchell |
|
5 forks |
| "Fried Chicken Matt" Selman |
|
5 forks |
| shared |
|
With these scores, Willie Mae's makes the Platinum Plate Club!
Selman took his leftovers from Willie Mae's back to work and Christine Nangle at them. She texted her fork score for the leftovers as 4 forks. (Her score is not canon, however.)
Fork rating[]
Selman and Mitch and Nick had all attended the opening of the Cletus' Chicken Shack, a Simpsons-themed restaurant at Universal Studios. Selman gets them to do a quick 'mini review'.
| guest / host | ranking |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | 4 forks |
| Mike Mitchell | 4 forks |
| Matt Selman | 4.5 forks |
With these scores, Cletus' Chicken Shack makes the Yellow Plate Club!
Serving USA[]
The Beach Boys "Surfin' USA"
| “ | If everybody had a portion across the USA Then everybody'd be serving like Californi-ay (burritos) |
” |
In this segment, Nick names a snack and Mitch and the guest have to guess how many servings there are per container.
| product | Mitch's guess | Matt's guess | correct | score (MM - MS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reese's Peanut Butter Cups | 1 cup | 1 serving | 1 serving | 0 - 1 |
| Pringles (standard can) | 7 servings | 4 servings | 5 servings | 0 - 2 |
| Oreo (standard pack) | 20 servings | 8 servings | 12 servings | 0 - 3 |
| Calidad Corn Tortilla Chips (one bag) | 15 servings | 20 servings | 10.5 servings | 1 - 3 |
| Chobani Whole Milk Plain Greek Yogurt (32 oz.) | 5 servings | 4 servings | 4 servings | 1 - 4 |
| Ritz Crackers (13.7 oz standard box) | 8 servings | 9 servings | 24 servings | 1 - 5 |
| Jack Links Original Beef Jerky (standard pack) | 4 servings | 3 servings | 3 servings | 1 - 6 |
| Great Value Frozen Blueberries (1 pound bag) | 15 servings | 10 servings | 3 servings | 1 - 7 |
| Flamin' Hot Crunchy Cheetoes (party bag) | 2 servings | 1 servings | 15 servings | 2 - 7 |
Matt wins!
Roast Spoonman[]
Billie Eilish
| “ | Billie Eyeless | ” |
–@gripgrand | ||
Quotes[]
| “ | Matt: You guys have big Millennial energy. Nick: Really? I'm not eating ass. Millennials are all eating ass. That's all they do. |
” |
–The Doughboys | ||
| “ | The waiter came back and he forgot what my order was and I said, 'That's alright, I'm gonna let you cook.' That time, I did mean it literally. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell re: new slang | ||
| “ | Fuck brussel sprouts. Fuck Brussels, the place. Belgium. Fuck Belgium. | ” |
–Mike Mitchell | ||
The Feedbag[]
| “ | Recently I went to an event where everyone was asked to bring a dip, chip, bread, veggies. What dip would you bring? | ” |
–John | ||
| guest / host | what to bring to an all-dip pot-luck |
|---|---|
| Nick Wiger | homemade 8-layer dip |
| Mike Mitchell | classic dip (cream cheese, salsa, cheese on top, baked) |
| Matt Selman | huge bucket of KFC |
#hashtags[]
- #HashtagsStillBig
- #HashBrowns
- #KFC
Plugs[]
| references | notes |
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Selman's plugs |
Related Episodes[]
| Matt Selman episodes |
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